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By: Manuel Acevedo Posted 12 Sep 2023, 17:41 pm EDT
With the start of the South American qualifiers heading to World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico 2026 A very great uncertainty has been generated around the role that will be played Lionel Messi with the Argentina National Team. Coach Lionel Scaloni commented that the player will have a different plan for these qualifiers.
The number 10 of the Albiceleste team is currently 36 years old and although as the years go by, age is not an impediment to playing football, but the great difficulty that travel presents during this eliminatory process is very complicated.
On this FIFA Date, the Inter Miami player traveled to La Paz to face the Bolivian National Team. Two hours before this match it was confirmed that the player was not going to be part of the game and that he would be from the stands.
During the training sessions prior to this commitment, there was already a lot of uncertainty about whether he would travel. The coach of the current world champion spoke in a press conference that in these qualifiers Lionel Messi will participate in a different way.
He talked about how he will be substituted in several games, will play as a substitute and will not be used in some games. This may be due to keeping the player in good condition for the 2024 Copa América and the next World Cup.
There will be a lot of expectations that he will be able to achieve the Argentina national team in these qualifying rounds with this new work plan that will have Messi.
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